The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation. The foundation's awards are some of the most lucrative in the world. In 2006 the awards for poetry, fiction and nonfiction each came with $150,000 - not too sure what the current prize is. Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality", according to the foundation.
The awards reflect the progressive, left-wing philosophy governing the Lannan Foundation, a family foundation that describes itself as dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities.
Lannan Literary Awardfor Poetry*2008: August Kleinzahler Lannan Literary Fellowship*2008: Charles D’Ambrosio
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Lannan Literary Award* 2008: Charles D'Ambrosio * 2007: A. L. Kennedy * 2007: Susan Straight * 2006: Kathryn Davis * 2004: Rikki Ducornet * 2003: Edward P. Jones * 2003: Alistair MacLeod * 2003: John McGahern * 2000: Robert Coover * 2000: David Malouf * 2000: Cynthia Ozick * 2000: Leslie Marmon Silko * 1999: Gish Jen * 1999: Jamaica Kincaid * 1999: Richard Powers * 1999: Joanna Scott * 1998: J.M. Coetzee * 1998: Lydia Davis * 1998: Stuart Dybek * 1998: Lois-Ann Yamanaka * 1997: John Banville * 1997: Anne Michaels * 1997: Grace Paley * 1996: Howard Norman * 1996: Tim Pears * 1996: David Foster Wallace * 1995: Louis de Bernières * 1995: Mary Morrissy * 1995: Alice Munro * 1994: Edward P. Jones * 1994: Steven Millhauser * 1994: Caryl Phillips * 1994: Stephen Wright * 1993: Rikki Ducornet * 1993: Denis Johnson * 1993: Carole Maso * 1993: Paul West * 1992: Frank Chin * 1992: Gilbert Sorrentino * 1991: Sandra Cisneros * 1991: Alexander Theroux * 1991: John Edgar Wideman * 1990: John Hawkes * 1989: John Berger Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award * 2007: Anne Stevenson
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Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction * 2007: Mike Davis Lannan Literary Award for Notable Book 2008 Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism “…a new, comprehensive diagnosis of our failings as a democratic polity by one of our most seasoned and respected political philosophers.” — Chalmers Johnson Sheldon S. Wolin is Professor of Politics (emeritus), Princeton University. He has previously taught at Oberlin College and the University of California at Berkeley and served as Eastman Professor at Oxford University. He was founding editor of the journal Democracy. His other publications include The Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution and Tocqueville: Between Two Worlds. 2008: Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith by Philip Kitcher “In a time of strident pronouncements on the intersection of science and religion, Kitcher has introduced a calm and humane voice.” — H. Allen Orr, New York Review of Books Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. An eminent philosopher, he is the author of many books on philosophy, science, literature, and music, including Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism; The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities; Vaulting Ambition: Sociobiology and the Quest for Human Knowledge; Science, Truth, and Democracy; In Mendel’s Mirror: Philosophical Reflections on Biology; and Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner’s Ring. His most recent book is Joyce’s Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegan’s Wake. |
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